CUMBER UPPER CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Tirkeeran |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Londonderry and NewtownLimavady |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 17,597 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 5,430 |
| Topography: | Mountainous in the southern parts this parish lies seven miles southeast of the city of Londonderry. This parish was separated from the original parish of Cumber in 1794. |
| Villages: | Claudy (population of 180 in 1831) |
| Landowners in 1837: | Fishmongers’ Company and Skinners’ Company. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1828 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1858 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), (1766 Religious Census – merely a numerical count of Protestants and Roman Catholics by townland), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms 1811-1818 and from 1826; marriages 1811-1814 and from 1826 and burials from 1837. Now joined with Banagher, Cumber Upper and Learmount. |
| Presbyterian: | Cumber Upper – Baptisms and marriages from 1834 (united with Cumber Lower in 1976) |
| Roman Catholic: | Claudy – Baptisms 1853-1854 and from 1863 and marriages from 1863. |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1858: | |
| Church of Ireland: | Cumber |
| Roman Catholic: | Village of Claudy |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1858 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Devine; 2 McCluskey; 3= McDonagh and Mullen; 5 Hamilton; 6 Hassan; 7= Christie, Doherty, McLoughlin and Rosborough. | |